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(No Model.)

B. E. MQGRATH.

GHILDS CRADLE.

Patented Feb. 1, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELLEN E. MCGRATH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CHILDS CRADLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,088, dated February1, 1887.

Application filed .Tune 19, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLEN E. McGRATH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Childrens Cradles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The purpose of my improvement is to provide anovel means whereby some ofthe parts that constitute the cradle can be so adjusted as to convert itreadily into a childs high chair; a1so,in combining therewith acommode-chair.

In the accompanying drawings, which fully serve to illustrate myinvention, Figure l is a side elevation of a childs cradle constructedaccording to myimprovement. Fig. 2 i s'a longitudinal sectional View ofthe same. is avertical section of the cradle as converted into a highchair, and Fig. 4 is a top View of Fig. 3.

Let a represent the body of a childs cradle, of about the usual shape,composed of theslatted side pieces, I), end pieces, 0 and c, and bottompiece, d. The corner rails, e e, are made to extend somewhat below thebody a, and to their lower ends are secured the rockers f f One of theend pieces, 0, is madeseparate from the body of the cradle, and is hungbetween the corner rails e on pins 9, which project through said rails,so as to permit of its being swung in, as shown in dotted lines of Fig.2. A crossrail, h, on the upper part of the body keeps the end piece 0'from swinging in when it is returned to its normal position in thecradle.

t is a piece cut out, as it were, from the bottom d of the body a. Thispiece, which may be a frame; with cane or slats, is hung between thelower side bars of the cradle on pins 40 j projecting from the saidbars, so as to swing inward and upward, as is shown by the dotted linesin Fig. ,2. On the lower edge of the swinging end piece 0 is provided aflange, k, on which the front end of the swinging piece 11 is supportedwhen forming the bottom of the cradle. Asimilar flange, k, on theopposite side of the piece 0 supports the rear part of the swingingpiece 1' (the crossbar of which may be cut away to fit onto saidfiange)when the chair is formed. The rocker f is made to Fig. 3-

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serve as a table or tray on the front of the chair. For this purpose itis made with a broad depressed flat portion, l. The ends of this partfit into vertical recesses mfformed inthe lower end of the corner rails6. This rocker is pivoted to one of the rails by pin a, and is securedat its opposite end to the other rail by a hook, 0, and pin 0. Therocker swings outward so as to permit of the child being placed in thechair.

To form a chair, the cradle is changed to an upright position, restingon the end a. The bottom piece, 1;, and end piece 0' are swung inward tothe positions shown in Fig. 3, to form the back portion and seat portionof the chair, while the permanent side corner rails 0 will serve as thearms for the same. A crossstrip, p, provided on the under part of thebottom at, forms a foot-rest for the child when occupying the chair.

Fig. 3 shows the cradle converted into a high chair. The back part, i,of the chair and the seat 0 are secured together by means of a hook, q,arranged on one of the side slats of the eradle, and eye or pin 1- onthe back 0. With the high chair is also combined a commode- .chair. Toone of the slats on each side of the cradle, near the end opposite thatoccupied as a chair, is secured a grooved strip, 3. An adjustable piece,it, provided with an aperture, 23, arranged to slide into the grooves,forms a commode-seat, the bottom and sides of the cradle serving as theback and sides of the having a pivoted bottom piece, the said piecesswinging within the body to form the back and seat of a chair, with aswinging rocker pivoted to one of the end rails, and secured by a hookand pin, whereby the cradle is converted into a high chair with tray, asshown and described.

2. In a convertible cradle, the combination of the body a, having theswinging end piece 0, provided with shoulders k k, cross-bar h,

swinging piece i, end rails 6, provided with rocker f, with table Z,recessed bars 0, crossgrooves in their lower ends, and swinging bar h,and cross-strip 1), all arranged and 0procker f. secured thereto bypivot-pin n and erated as set forth.

hook and pin 0 o, as and for the purpose set ELLEN E. MCGRATH. 5 forth.Witnesses:

3. The cradle-body a, having the pivoted JAMES J. MOGRATII, end piece 0,pivoted bottom piece, 2', pivoted J OHN MCDONALD.

